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r —*- r " : n I " w e t z ~ i U CF O SE ri F ;.’ : r a ! .. R i. i n E - j L »• c O ¡t S 7 4 ; 3 l School board hires business managër 35C Shirley Landauer M orrow County School District business manager Shirley Landauer, moved here in July to fill the position that was vacant for several months following the resignation of Chuck Rhoades. “ It’s going to take me awhile to get acclimated to this wide spread district,” Landauer said. “ Closing the past fiscal year and starting a new one is a busy time of the year,” she said, “ but the school district office has an ex ceptionally fine staff. Though they have been loaded with extra work in the absence of a business manager, they have kept up by prioritizing and doing extra work,” she added. The Landauers sold their home in Madras where she has served Jack and Jill tourney Aug. 7 azette imes VOL 111 NO. 30 6 Pages Wednesday, August 5, 1992 Morrow County Heppner, Oregon Princess Angie enjoys meeting people Meeting people and working with animals are all part of the busy lifestyle of Morrow Coun ty Fair and Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo Princess Angie Partlow of Boardman. Angie, the daughter of Jim and Pam Partlow, will be a senior at Riverside High School this year. She is active in the student coun cil as president of the senior class, and has been editor of the high school newspaper the last two years. Her role as vice president of the Riverside FFA chapter may lead to a trip to the National FFA convention in Kansas City this year. Angie has already won a horse proficiency award in FFA. It’s a family affair when it comes to working with the cattle on Buttercreek or taking them to summer pasture. It’s all in a day’s work, she says, whether it’s gathering cattle or working them through a chute. Her family also includes brother Rick, 15. Angie is also experienced at showing cattle, something she has done since the fourth grade. At fair this year she will not only be handing out ribbons but will be in the thick of the competition for top awards with her Angus steer. Princess Angie has been riding since she was old enough to hang on and has shown horses at Her- miston. Her dependable mount for this year’s court life is a 10-year-old sorrel quarterhorse gelding, called Bud. He’s proven his ability as a cowhorse as well as for noisy parades and fast mov ing grand entries, she says. Fair time means that Angie will also be celebrating her 17th bir thday that week. With family members in both ends of the county, she’s sure to have lots of good wishes while blowing out the candles on her birthday cake. Along with the many weekend trips for court appearances. Angie has spent the summer working at Photo by Joyce Hughes Princess Angie Partlow tests the water at Dodge City Inn’s swimming pool, where she finds time to work during her busy summer. the Dodge City Inn, putting away says, to visit the residents at Pioneer M emorial Nursing money for college expenses. Home. “ They are special people Tentatively, Angie has plans to and they thanked us for taking the attend Blue Mountain Communi time to visit,” she added. ty College in Pendleton for a Being on the court this summer business degree. But she has her has given court members a sights set on becoming a com modity broker in the stock ex chance to meet lots of people, Angie says. “ It’s a great way to change, “ something I’ve always promote Morrow County.” She wanted to do,” she says. added that the court is looking Playing the piano, reading and working with animals are some forward to hosting other courts at the Saturday noon luncheon as of the things Angie enjoys. But well as heading up Saturday's big this summer, she says, has been parade. the highlight of her young life. It was especially rewarding, she comodate the additional services they provide. The new office will also provide more confidentiali ty, she said. Tentative plans are to move the public health office into Pioneer Memorial Clinic after it has been remodeled. Kevin Erich, Pioneer Memorial Hospital administrator, said that they hope to have the clinic com pleted by Thanksgiving. Alarm at PMH turns out false The Heppner Fire Department responded to a false alarm at Pioneer Memorial Hospital at 11:09 a.m. Tuesday Aug. 4. scores and special events. There is a $4 per couple charge for members and $5 per person for non-members. Light snacks will be served by the committee Elvyn and Pat Bell, Dave and Corol Mitchell and Pat and Wayland Hyatt. G roup form ed to raise funds for pool A newly formed group ‘People for the Pool’ has been formed to raise funds and help build a swimming pool in Heppner. The group is not connected with the city, school or park districts and is working on non-profit organization status for tax- deductible donations. A yearly pledge of $20 and an offer of heavy equipment excava tion of a pool site have already been made, according to organizer George Naims. Immediate plans include dona tion jars in local businesses and lapel buttons which will sell for $1.50 each. A baked food and cotton can dy sale is planned before the fair and rodeo parade in Heppner August 22. The group will also have a float entered in the parade. Volunteers will also be operating the fair admission gates during the week. A pool Calcutta with a white elephant auction and dinner is set for October 11. Future year-round plans are underway for a bowling Calcut ta, bottle drives, a walk-a-thon and a bike-a-thon. Plans also in clude selling bricks which will be laser-printed with donor’s names and set at the pool site. Help is needed for the county fair activities. Interested persons may contact Naims at 676-9252. For further information on the pool Calcutta and auction dinner call Theo Greenup, 676-9795. For pledges and contributions contact Kay Proctor 676-9422. General information may be ob tained from Joyce Breeding 676-5024. The next meeting will be at the Heppner Bowling Alley, Thurs day, August 13 at 10 a.m. Anyone interested is encouraged to attend. Summer recreation program ends Health Department moves office The Morrow County Health Department office hs been mov ed from its previous location at the Pettyjohn Building to 471 North Main Street in Heppner. The new office is located at the former law offices of Herman Winter and Val Doherty, near the Neighborhood Center. Office manager Betty Mar quardt said that the public health office needed more space to ac- The Willow Creek Country Club golfers will hold a Jack and Jill mini-tournament on Friday August 7 at 6 p.m. The activity will involve male and female couples playing in a modified nine-hole chapman type of play. Prizes will be awarded for low as that school district’s business manager for five years. Her hus band Phillip is retired after also working for the Madras school district. Landauer grew up in the Grants Pass area and graduated from high school in Bend. She attend ed the University of Oregon. The Landauers have been liv ing in their motorhome in Hepp ner. However, Landauer said they are looking forward to mov ing into a home that they purchas ed on Aiken Street. With most of their belongings still in storage, it’s going to take awhile to get settled in and accustomed to more space, she said. “ Heppner is a nice town, with friendly people and a variety of landscape throughout the county. There are lovely yards here with lots of shade and we enjoy grow ing things,” she said. Other hobbies that interest Lan dauer are playing the guitar, cake decorating and working with stained glass. She said that they both enjoy the outdoors and the quiet life of a small town. According to the Morrow County Sheriff s Department a lunch-time outdoor barbecue at the hospital set off the alarm Grace Drake, director of the local summer recreation pro g ram . said that an average of 45 children attended the month-long program. Activities included field trips to the PGE Coal Fire Plant, Taggares Farms, Boise Cascade Tree Farm, the Navy Bombing Range, Finley Buttes and Bull Prairie Recreation Area. The pro gram included spinning and weaving and other art projects and classes with Dr. Jerry Withycomb of Morrow County Mental Health. Lunch was also provided. The program was designed to help fill the void in summer activities created w ith the closing of the Heppner sw imm ing pool. Drake said that 75 different children were enrolled and 35 volunteers were required to con duct the classes, which ran from 9 a.m. to I or 2 p.m. Monday through Friday. Children were not charged to enroll in the program. Funding was provided through a grant, and donations from the Elks Club, the United Methodist W om en, M orrow County Creative Arts and Crafts and Harshm an pleads guilty to drug charges Noel Harshman, Jr., 35, Hepp ner, was placed on three years' formal probation and ordered to serve 90 custody units by Circuit Judge Pro-Tern Richard Courson Man dies o f natural causes A Lexington man, Allen M. Clark, was discovered dead at his home at 7:23 p.m. on August 2. Clark is believed to have died of HMS yearbooks signing party set The 1991-92 Heppner Middle School yearbooks will be distributed and a signing party will be held on Thursday, August 13 from 1 to 2 p.m. on the lawn in front of the Middle School building. People who did not pre-order a book may purchase one for $8, at that time while supply lasts. For more information contact the school office or Sally Walker. Photo by Joyce Hughes Volunteer Merilee McDowell helps Ross VanEtta (center) and Kiel Naims with their wool. Making wool was one of the first projects. elementary teachers. The Mor application process. “ We have a row County School District pro model,” said Drake, we know vided buses and drivers at $35 an that it can be done. If the demand is there, there w ill be people will hour. A meeting has been planned for ing to volunteer.” Drake said that August 10 at the United if there is a program next year, Methodist Church to evaluate the she hopes there will be more program. Drake said that the sharing of responsibilities. She group will discuss whether to said that she has received many have the program next summer, positive comments concerning the and if so. they w ill begin the grant program. natural causes, according to deputy district attorney Val Doherty. Doherty said that Clark, 58. probably died the evening of Aug. 1. He had a history of heart trouble and other medical pro blems and had only one lung, she said. on July 28. Harshman pled guil ty to conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine. According to Morrow County District Attorney Jeff Wallace, Harshman was also fined $1,000; ordered to reimburse the state $240 for the cost of his court- appointed attorney; and ordered to undergo a standard range of drug-related probation condi tions. These include drug evalua tion and treatment, random urinalysis, submitting to a polygraph exam ination and search of his person, residence and vehicle. Harshman was indicted by a Morrow County Grand Jury in January after a search of a residence which he had previous ly occupied in Lexington reveal ed the remnants of an illegal methamphetamine lab, said Wallace. Harshman was arrested on January 25 at Rockaway, on the Oregon Coast. At the time of his arrest, the vehicle which he had been driving was searched and precursor chemicals used in the manufacture of methampheta mine were found on board, said Wallace. Trouble Cashing Checks Get your check guarantee card here. D A JJK of D E a s te r n __ (jrvacn Arhnaton • Heppner Heooner • lone * * Arlington Imlt/Hihlinl Hi wrn (h w n l Hririt Member F DIC
